Bang Sak people hold a merit-making ceremony to float the boat to pick up the krathok.

Phangnga/Bangsak villagers Organize a merit-making ceremony to float the old year’s boat to welcome the new year Traditional traditions have been passed down for hundreds of years.

At Ban Bang Sak Beach, Bang Muang Subdistrict, Takua Pa District, Phang Nga Province, Acting Captain Phongsak Wetyawong, Takuapa District Chief was the chairman of the ceremony to make merit to float the old year’s boat to welcome the new year 2022 with Mr. Prachant Tan-ngam, village headman, Village No. 8, Ban Bang Sak, and many villagers joined together. This is a traditional tradition that has been carried on for hundreds of years every New Year’s Day. According to the belief that it can help dispel bad things. Evil away from himself and the village will create peace and quiet. The villagers gathered to build a boat, decorate the boat before the boat prayer ceremony. and perform a boat float ceremony on January 1 of every year

by the nature of the decorative patterns of the boat It will change according to the situation of that year, along with the invitation of Phra Achan Phra Manat Punyaphonno, the abbot of the Abhai Samut Sangha School, Bang Muang Subdistrict, Takua Pa District, Phang Nga Province, who is a famous preacher. With 5 monks join in praying to ward off evil from the family and village. They will bring rice, dried food, flowers, incense sticks, nail bits, hair scraps, and scraps of clothing into the boats. before being released into the sea at Bang Sak Beach The villagers joined the parade and brought rice tossed onto the boat and brought the boat into the sea. This tradition is considered an old tradition that has been practiced by the Moken people for hundreds of years. Every year there will be children in the area to go to work in other provinces and come back home to meet their families. and take part in activities to express the preservation of traditional traditions ready to carry on the good cultural traditions of future generations